Vehicle-tire.



C. SPEGHT. VEHICLE TIRE. 'APPLIOATION- FILED AUG. s, 1912.

1,097,596, Patenteamay19,1914

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l l l ATTORNEY C. SPEGHT.

i VBHIGLE TIRE. APPLIGATION FILED A-UG. a. 1912.

1,997,596- 1 Patented Maly 19, 1914.

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Ta'all 'whom i5-may concern A Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN Srnoiir, a citizen lof the United States,fand resident of Woodhaven, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain the usual outer tire or shoe, inclosing inter- .'.15

locking blocks of rubber or similar material,

the shoe being clamped in .place by rings v secured to the rim of the wheel, as will be more lfully described in the following specilication set forth in the claims and illustrated in the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the im- 4proved tire and the wheel partly in section.

4 ltig. 2 is a front view of one of the rubber blocks. Fig.l 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the tire and wheel. Fig. is a side detailed view of the tire on an enlarged scale. Fig.l Gis a sectional view of the modified construction. Fig. 7 is aside View of the same.

This tire is especially adapted for heavy work and is intended to overcome the serions objections to be found in pneumatic tires, where the wear and tear subject them to constant injury and destruction.

' The present invention consists of the outer tube or shoe 10 which may be of rubber reinforced with canvas or other similar inaterial and having plain ends 11 adapted to be gripped and held injplace by means of rings 12 with corrugated edges 13. The rings 12 are secured to a metallic box 14 and work in conjunction with the inner rings 15, and heavy projecting jaws 16 into which the ends 11 ofthe shoe are forced and held by means of the rings 12. The latter rings are 'made in sections for convenience of ad'ustment and are forced against the ends o the shoe by means of screws 17 which play in brackets .18 secured to yokes 19 which are vattachedto` the felly 20 of the wheel. These ybrackets also carry slotted locksf21 which "preventthejheads 22 of bolts yfrom turning settimanali of Letters Patent. Application; lednAugust 3, 1912. Serial No. 713,017.

.after the section of the rings 12 have-been adjusted bymeuns of the screws 175 the bolts ,L f cHmsriAnsrEoiiT, or wooiiHAvnN, New Yoan:

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2 2 passing'through slots 23'so that the sections may be adjusted and finally permanentlyA secured by means of the bolts. rvThese' bolts 22 also passthrougli the rings 15 and into the box 14 thus producing a solid construction. v The box 14 and yoke 19 are secured to the rim 20 by means yofthe bolts 24.

lVithin the shoe 10 and box 14 are carried ra number 'of blocks of rubber or resilient material 25. These blocks are rounded on their outer face teiconform with the interior of the f slice and abundant space is left at'each side -for the play of the blocks when under compression. At the front end of the blocks are projections 26 and 27 and 28 forming recesses 29 and 30; at the other side of the blocks are extensions 3l which t within the recesses 29;

and 30 of the adjacentl block, andthe extensions each have a socket 32 into which the projection 27 tits, so that the blocks whenl arranged within the shoe interlock and are prevented from moving in any direction, yet are provided with suflicient space for resilient action.

around them and by means of a tool theother edge is forced within clamping rings 12 and 1G and secured therein.

In the modified forms, shown in Figs. G and 7, the sectional ring 33 is adjusted by means of plate 34 and screws 35; these parts being' carried by the temporary frame 36, having an adjustable side 37 to lock it upon the rim of the wheel where it is clutched by means of the block 38. When the rings are adjusted and secured by means of bolts, the frame 3G is removed by releasing the screw 38.

It is obvious that certain details ci" construction are modified to adapt this tire for use to vehicles of different sizes but the above description covers the preferable form of tire for ordinary passenger carrying automobiles. A

Eachvof the blocks 25 is provided with a rib 25 on its front face and its sides are cut away to afford abundant airspace and space for compression when it iscarrying its' load. The lock l21 after bein placed about the bolt head 22 is held place by afset screwv` 21 and the lock may r 'gidly in to the rim and having be shifted to hold the bolt head at any angle by means of the slot 22 through which the screw passes.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a vehicle tire, the combination with the rim of a Wheel, of a exible tube secured thereto and having an interior groove and iexible interlocking blocks with a tongue to fit the groove partly filling the interior of the tube.`

2. In a vehicle tire, the combination with the rim of a wheel, of a flexible tub'e secured and flexible blocks having tongues to it'the groove and recesses von one side and eX- tensions on the other partly fitting the interior 4of the tube.

an interior groove,

3. In a vehicle tire, the combination with the rim of a wheel, ofa -iexible tube with CHRISTIAN SPECHT.

TitnessesrA I ALFRED H'HLINGER, JAMES I. DUHAMEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for tlve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

